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  • I’m offering some free PR advice over on LinkedIn and here (In truth you guys can always call or email me at any time);

    To mark the new lockdown we are offering a series of free advice slots to help business leaders solve PR and communication problems.

    Over the next few days you can access a free 15-minute Zoom consultation.

    No obligation, no hassle, just friendly, practical advice.

    You might have a new business to launch, a new product, a looming social media crisis or a damaged reputation to repair.

    All these problems benefit from a structured communications strategy.

    I’ll give you some great advice for free. It’s time to pull together.

    Book your call by cutting and pasting the link below or click on the hot link in the comments below before all the appointments get snapped up.

    https://calendly.com/stephen-flemingpr/free-consultation

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  • It’s so easy to take what we do for granted and when we look to others for help it can be even harder to acknowledge what they can do for us. Change doesn’t happen overnight. Often, Ben, Fiona, or Laura will ask:

    ‘any WINS?’

    To many, this may translate as:

    ‘have you landed that killer contract yet?’

    And perhaps that is your ‘WHY’. Certainly, it’s a goal, but sometimes it’s best to take a step back and reflect on the small wins. Every incremental step you take on your journey, no matter how small, is a win.

    Ridiculous and preposterous as it may seem, a small win for me was to cut my hair, take a photo of myself and post myself on LinkedIn. The shame of it all, a man nearing his midlife point, starting at zero.

    But that’s the beauty of it; that’s the beauty of being part of the portfolio-collective community. It’s a level playing field. Sure, there may be high flying CEO’s and seasoned professionals who have been there and earnt the t-shirt,…

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    • I love this steven reader, thanks for sharing your very honest insight with the community. I am sure that feeling of ”wins of different sizes”, will resonate with many of our members. Every Thursday the TPC team share their win of the week, this could well be mine 😊. No Lexi Radcliffe-Hart, you cant steal mine!!

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    • steven reader – Stacking up the small wins is a great outlook and the chance to start at zero is a strong point of view. However, sometimes I prefer to think I am the sum of all my failures, or at least the ones I have learnt from. The projects or jobs that didn’t quite work but have ingrained a lesson-learnt. Build on these in a new direction and combined with the TPC support team – the world is your oyster!

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    • I love this so much Steven!! Going into the new year it’s such a refreshing reminder of how great this community is. Cant wait to catch up with everyone in 2021

  • ‘The unexpected Xmas story according to Ben Leg’ Part II.

    But Ben was good at explaining things, if his fingers provided the Midas touch, then his tongue would inspire many from far and wide to delight in his pearls of wisdom. But convincing Risa was not a challenge he warmly embraced, especially after seeing her reaction that he was now downgrading her from first class travel to tuctuc. Surely it was every girl’s dream to go on a tour of the UK in a tuctuc- wasn’t it?!

    Strangely, Risa wasn’t convinced by Ben’s Spanish greeting, ‘Ola’ to the UK public. Sure, he managed to pull the crowds, but Leeds and Liverpool still seemed like a long way from South Ken.

    As they drove late into the night, Ben could see a bright rising star.

    ‘Keep your eyes on the road Ben!’ said Risa as the tuctuc swerved to avoid an old lady.

    Once more, Ben had been caught looking at himself in the mirror. He was indeed a rising star, and whilst Risa may have been uncomfortable…

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  • For everyone who’s looking to write copy for your website, for ads or for blog post ideas/headlines – it might be interesting to check out a copy generator https://www.copy.ai/. I have yet to really play with it but I’m hearing good things from people about it. Would love to know how anyone goes!

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    • Would definitely love to hear about experiences with this – will have to play myself!

    • Thanks Laura – I’m trying it. Have done a couple of slight variations on a theme and it produced 8 or so options as initial text, some of which are very accurate and provide really good templates for tweaking further. You can continue tweaking the basis until you’re happy with what it produces… or just copy what it’s produced and carry on off line. Well worth playing with – even if just for ideas / format / style ideas. 7day free trial as it’s c$35 pc…

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  • How do you translate your worth into the fees you earn?

    Jess will be joining us in our first AMA on Tuesday 1 December at 6pm, and we’d love to see you there too.

    Starting the session off with some key hints & tips on breaking the negative narrative of greed vs worth whilst negotiating the best fees, Jess will answer your questions on themes of worth, portfolio careers at large, and anything else you may like to ask!

    Sign up for free here: https://bit.ly/TPCAMAJG

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